OK so she's 6 weeks now but I wasn't sure she was pregnant till last week when it was actually noticeable. Shes a chihuahua. I did happen to write down the day she "conceived" Feb 25th. So by the end of April she will give birth. Any who, she has had puppies before but a week after the puppies were born she started getting sick and the vet said she has preclampsia or eclampsia, however you say it.
But they gave us calcium supplements and she got better. The thing I didnt know was that we cant giver her the supplements during pregnancy. Ive been giving her half a tablet for a week but stopped.
The food that has been given to her is Puppy Chow. The thing is, I don't know if this the right food to be given to a pregnant chihuahua. What do you guys recommend? What should I give her from now till her labor day?
Can anyone help?
Well she had preclampsia. Or does it go away.
We only needed to give her the supplements for 14 days and shes been better since..that was in November.
And ya I think Ill do that.
Is it better if I give her canned food or?
Kibbles and Bits?
OK ill consult my veterinarian.
And about her getting pregnant, we've been trying to avoid her getting pregnant from our cute terrier dog and every time she was in heat or he was, we would separate them. Somehow our terrier,Eugene, managed to jump this huge fence and well..."got it on"
Oh and this is off topic but does anyone know a place we can take the puppies because we can't keep them, we already have her other puppies.
I was told that animal shelters are a bad place to take them and animal rescues are better. Is that true?
@Fur and Fiction- If it was for me I would keep all my puppies. Parents don't want them and I don't know why. I've tried finding people to buy our puppies but so far no luck. I'm going to still try and find someone cause believe me, taking them to any shelter or rescue is the last thing I want to do. You get so attached to them you can't let go.
There is a huge problem with this. Were not necessarily rich or have money to have so many puppies and more so to have her spayed. We were actually going to have her spayed but things come up. Yes there is no excuse what so ever.
@Jordan S. adopt & save a life!
No we never thought of breeding them. It just happened and there is no excuse. I know. Believe me this time were gonna have her spayed. It's pretty hard when there is no money.
@ceejay24
Really? I don't really appreciate your comments. I'm looking for people to help on what to do, not insults. No excuses your right. But I'm not necessarily rich like others.
Seriously.No.
@Fiveohfive
Im not so sure if I should be offended by what you said or not. We didn't intentionally breed them. Believe me, we were gonna get her spayed but like ive said numerous times before; were not rich and I know these procedures are a lot of money.
Ya I know what your thinking if you know you can handle it economically then you shouldn't have dogs at all.
I would never want my dogs to be homeless.
I would keep them all if I had to!
TO everyone who has helped, thank you.
and for those who didn't...no comment.
ONE MORE THING LOL.
AFTER THE PUPPIES ARE BORN I WASN'T PLANNING ON TAKING THEM TO AN ANIMAL RESCUE RIGHT AWAY. I AM GOING TO NURTURE THEM GIVE THEM THERE PUPPY FORMULA TILL THEY REACH THAT STAGE WHERE YOU CAN SELL THEM OR GIVE THEM.
But they gave us calcium supplements and she got better. The thing I didnt know was that we cant giver her the supplements during pregnancy. Ive been giving her half a tablet for a week but stopped.
The food that has been given to her is Puppy Chow. The thing is, I don't know if this the right food to be given to a pregnant chihuahua. What do you guys recommend? What should I give her from now till her labor day?
Can anyone help?
Well she had preclampsia. Or does it go away.
We only needed to give her the supplements for 14 days and shes been better since..that was in November.
And ya I think Ill do that.
Is it better if I give her canned food or?
Kibbles and Bits?
OK ill consult my veterinarian.
And about her getting pregnant, we've been trying to avoid her getting pregnant from our cute terrier dog and every time she was in heat or he was, we would separate them. Somehow our terrier,Eugene, managed to jump this huge fence and well..."got it on"
Oh and this is off topic but does anyone know a place we can take the puppies because we can't keep them, we already have her other puppies.
I was told that animal shelters are a bad place to take them and animal rescues are better. Is that true?
@Fur and Fiction- If it was for me I would keep all my puppies. Parents don't want them and I don't know why. I've tried finding people to buy our puppies but so far no luck. I'm going to still try and find someone cause believe me, taking them to any shelter or rescue is the last thing I want to do. You get so attached to them you can't let go.
There is a huge problem with this. Were not necessarily rich or have money to have so many puppies and more so to have her spayed. We were actually going to have her spayed but things come up. Yes there is no excuse what so ever.
@Jordan S. adopt & save a life!
No we never thought of breeding them. It just happened and there is no excuse. I know. Believe me this time were gonna have her spayed. It's pretty hard when there is no money.
@ceejay24
Really? I don't really appreciate your comments. I'm looking for people to help on what to do, not insults. No excuses your right. But I'm not necessarily rich like others.
Seriously.No.
@Fiveohfive
Im not so sure if I should be offended by what you said or not. We didn't intentionally breed them. Believe me, we were gonna get her spayed but like ive said numerous times before; were not rich and I know these procedures are a lot of money.
Ya I know what your thinking if you know you can handle it economically then you shouldn't have dogs at all.
I would never want my dogs to be homeless.
I would keep them all if I had to!
TO everyone who has helped, thank you.
and for those who didn't...no comment.
ONE MORE THING LOL.
AFTER THE PUPPIES ARE BORN I WASN'T PLANNING ON TAKING THEM TO AN ANIMAL RESCUE RIGHT AWAY. I AM GOING TO NURTURE THEM GIVE THEM THERE PUPPY FORMULA TILL THEY REACH THAT STAGE WHERE YOU CAN SELL THEM OR GIVE THEM.